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Newcastle, Nsw, Au

Newcastle, Nsw, Au

Newcastle, Nsw, Au

Newcastle, Nsw, Au

- Management of a multidiscipline Technical Services team including mining engineering, mine planning and scheduling, ventilation, surveying, environmental compliance, mine approvals, and geotechnical staff.- Management of production budgeting and forecasting systems.- Management operating system (MOS) development, implementation and performance centre roll out.- Coordination and implementation of production plant machine analytics systems and integration of reporting tools into the MOS.- Budget management for mine technical services functions (CAPEX/OPEX) and LOM business modelling.- Management of business strategic plan development and key project identification.- Coordinated the development of the LOM plan and supporting approvals strategy including internal and government consultation. Management of project approvals and modifications projects including stakeholder engagement at all levels.- Coordination of long-term business model development and options evaluation, involving presentations to government stakeholders and DeltaCoal board.

Senior leadership team member responsible for overseeing the transition of the business including:- Change from Miniwall to bord and pillar operations. - Mine design options analysis and evaluations - Equipment procurement identification, design/specifications and selection- Management of mine geological model- Mining system review and optimisation - Management of mine approvals and consent requirements- Coordination of operational reporting, analytics and review systems- Management of business risk review processes and implementation of actions- Stakeholder engagement covering shareholders, customers, community and government representatives

- Management of mine expansion options review and business improvement opportunities- Mine design evaluation and review- Coordination of mine budget review- Development of long-term business models - Major capital project evaluation- Management of mine approvals and development consent strageies - Board and stakeholder presentations on investment opportunity reviews - Process / mining efficiency improvement review- Implementation of operational reporting, analytics and review systems- Identification and development of commercial opportunities existing outside of traditionally core business functions- Development and implementation of the mine management operating system- Stakeholder engagement covering shareholders, customers, community and government regulators and officers

- Key member of senior management group driving cultural and structural change through all business functions. - Overall management of all stores and procurement systems across multiple sites. Management of tendering processes for consumables supply, and support services. - Management of business services contracts including telecommunications, electricity contracts and data/internet services. - Management of Safety management system development and review project. Development, auditing and compliance reporting against site systems and standards of engineering. Implementation of new document control system. Staff representative on the business WHS committee.- Development and implementation of business productivity and delay reporting systems. Oversight of change management to maintenance strategies and plant modification to address key plant or system reliability concerns identified through reliability indicators. Root cause analysis reviews of critical plant failures.- Coordinate restructuring of mine maintenance budgets and alignment with business maintenance and production reporting systems. Member of long-term financial planning team. Coordination of annual Opex and Capex budget development including establishing a processes of approval for Capex and MOE spend

- Completed review of plant documentation standard and management. Introduction of maintenance management system and general plant specification detailing plant documentation requirements.- Introduction of electrical standards of engineering practice and management plans.- Coordination of incident investigation including stakeholder reporting for electrical plant. Auditing of business standards and systems and internal stakeholder reporting.- Development of maintenance and operating SOPs for plant.- Audit of established CMMS maintenance schedules applied to existing plant and rectification of identified anomalies- Provide site support for system integration and facilitate external engagement of systems integration contractors.- Critical spares review and analysis of existing stores holdings and movements. - SCADA upgrade project including expansion of monitored plant and establishment of systems and policies to control access and access to data.

Master Of Mining Engineering, Mine Management

Associate'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Frontline Management Cert Iv

Advanced Diploma, Electrical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc)